Bhajana-Rahasya
by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya | 2010 | 123,965 words
The Bhajana-rahasya Text 17, English translation, including commentary (vritti). The Bhajana-rahasya is a compilation of verses describing the mercy of the eight pairs of names (Yugala-nama) of the Maha-mantra. This is text 17 belonging to the chapter “Prathama-yama-sadhana (Nishanta-bhajana–shraddha)” representing the last six dandas of the night: approximately 3.30 a.m.–6.00 a.m.
Text 17
Further, the Skanda Purāṇa states:
सकृद् उच्चारितं येन हरिर् इत्य् अक्षर-द्वयम्
बद्धः परिकरस् तेन मोक्षाय गमनं प्रतिsakṛd uccāritaṃ yena harir ity akṣara-dvayam
baddhaḥ parikaras tena mokṣāya gamanaṃ pratiA person who even once chants the two syllables ha and ri easily attains liberation.
याङ्र मुखे एक-बार नाम नृत्य करे
मोक्ष-सुख अनायासे पाय सेइ नरेyāṅra mukhe eka-bāra nāma nṛtya kare
mokṣa-sukha anāyāse pāya sei nare